Husking mitten



Patented Mar. 3,V 1925.

, sfrares*1 PATENT" 0*Flift@l??` Hrm FRITZEN,` o-F COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, Ass-IGNOR or oNEL'rH-LRD' To' Anmn'ri LYON; or PLnAsAN'rvILLn, IOWA.

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Be it-n known` that I', HIRAMVFRITZEN; a: citizeniof,thellnited1States,,residing, at Co2: lumbus;` in'zthe=county of PlattewandzState' of Nebraska, have invented certain `new and^ useful i* Improvements in: Husking;4 `Mittens7 ofi which .theffollowingsisfa i specification.

This-invention relates tol Vim};zro.vements in husgking mittens: and; has; as its-general objectitprovideca `mitten oiqthie `class' wluiclr` will plf'enttadvantages overt the ordinary mitten- L Huskfngci; mittens f are ordinarily provided with@ studsffo1.-sim ilar,'` roughening elements distributed over the palm' of the mitten andy over; theeiirnerrsidef; of i the .thumb stall, and usually@ tiresez'studs -faref' of `some :special design .and-.i must'. `be produced a by special i machines thus addingifconsiderably to .the cost ot inanfufa.ctufreY ofithe- 4p articularmitten.: It i is-,thereiiora one oat; the' importanti objects of the-wpresentinwention'ito provide such a mitten 'with a 1roughenedripalm: and thumbI f stallsurface-'fby-f the-@utilization not i portions i otithe materialot Lthe mitten andaelements which ,g together' with said portions, provide the: roughening-t1elements;` 4vwhich; vfirst' men tioned elements may rbe purchased'uponitheA market `at tantV exceptionally lowcost; thereby enabling; they manufacturer\ to 1 produce; a highly Y. serviceab1e-..mitten` of. the `z-,classvV de scribed ,-at.;a-f-.muchiilower'cost than that re= quiredt-inffthe` manufacture of itl-ie types-ot mittens fnowwiliusei;`

Anotheriobj ect of thefinventionvis :to ipro+ vide fa :mitten `which` Will be 'ventilatediso thatY it will not bewuncomfortable to weara In: :the accompanying jdr'awings:

Figureel 'isiai planf=view of `a left-hand' mit-ten; embodying the 4 present *inventionl Figure .2 1s a `similar Eview of Ta right-hand 1nitten=emhedying the inventioni Figures?) Asis; a s horizontalI secti'onal view on "f the line 3-3 of Figure l, lookingiin=tlie di rectionrindicated/ by the 1 arrows. 1

Figure t is a detail, horizontal sectional View fonfthe lined-'Jl yof Figure '1;1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

The mitten will be made in rights and lefts, Figure l of the drawings illustrating a left-hand mitten and Figure 2 a righthand mitten, and as a mat-ter of convenience, like parts in the two views are indicated by corresponding reference numerals, the said numerals in Figure 2 being primed.

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rlllie` mitten f embodyingL the"` invention is preferably madetr-om morelorf lesshelvy" leatherY and comprises aback sectionl 1;- a'- palm sectioni2, andthumb stall; indicated by the: numeral 3'. The "bac-k and palln sec: tionsiare marginally united by stitching! t'o provide a seam Ll, and the"said-marginsof` the-said sectionsfiat theside's `are preferably' substantially parallel,` the mitten at itsoute'r` end" being rounded substantially onv thev are' etv a circ'l'eas clearly shown 1in Figures l1 and?4 2. i Therthumb 7stall =is termedfrom;-a'fsin-V gle` lea-ther blank stitchedto provide-'f the'` stall andthebaSeOf the stall is=-set into-fanf opening: inthe wrist 1 portion off the; p'alm section 2,-* as is usual and asillustratedilin Figures l and 2.

In carrying out theinvention, arcuateinl cisions 5 oi the Y extent of approximately" three`quarters'oi a circle",V arema'cle in the palm` 1section-2 of 'the mitten end, in the in` stance of the lefthand mitten,l arejdist'rib'- uted in anyl` desired manner' over* substarr tiallythe entire surtacei'ot the'said palmV section', as `clearly shown in Figure l offthe drawing. Tl1e=lormation`of vthese' incisions providessmall flaps` wliiclrfaretotl substan'- tially `the -form of threeiquar't'ers Yiol 4a circle and when these yiliaps are `folded backliasf'ili lustrate'di 'inl the drawings, f openings 7 will beprovided Lto'r the purposefof lventilation. Pretei-jably,` the flaps areturned ov'erin the direction oitY` the'v wristv endof Athe'mitteh so thatfyvhen themitten is'empl'oyed inthe" husking operation themargins lof thelaps'V will" 5 engage l against the husks "rather than` the tolds'iormedin foldingbackthesaid 'flaps The flaps are secured in theirfolded back lposition by means of tubular 'rivets :indicatedV by the numeral k89tliese rivets beingot the ordinary formand each having a flat smooth head at onere-nd of its tubular' shank l0, andfthenend oi" the shank being split lngitudinaliy and riveted downsoas*` to provide, as usual, in the employment of such rivets; a number of radial portions ini dicated bythe "numeral l1. The 'rivets'are' secured through the flaps 6 and throughy the palm section 2 of the mitten and the rivets are so arranged that their fiat smooth heads 9 will be located at the inner surface of the said palm section 2 so as to avoid any irritation of the palm of the wearer of the mitten. -On the other hand, the roughened or projecting outer ends ot the shanks of the vided upon the inner side of the thumb stall 3 as clearly shown in Figure l of the draw- ,ings and are suitably distributed over the surface of the said stall.

As previously stated, in the case of the left-hand mitten shown in Figure l of the drawings, the roughening elements are distributed substant-ially 'over the entire surface of the palm of the mitten. However, in the instance of the righthand mit-ten shown in Figure 2, the roughening elements are distributed only over the upper half of the palm, and the lower half of the palm is left smooth, as is also the thumb stall, the reason for this difference in arrangement of the roughening elements being that the handle of the husking hook is grasped in the right hand and it would be inconvenient to have the handle engaged by the roughening elements, as would be the case if the said elements were distributed over substantially the entire surface of the palm of the mitten, as in Figure l.

It is preferable that the mitten, in both the right and left hand forms, be provided with wristlets indicated by the numeral l2.

From the foregoing descripti-on of the invention it will be seen that there is provided a. husking mitten in which the roughening elements embody portions o-f the palm section of the mitten which are turned back and are secured by rivets which likewise constitute Va part of each roughening element. As stated, the rivets are ofthe ordinary type and may be purchased on the open market at an extremely low cost thereby materially reducing the cost of manufacture of the mitten as compared with that of the ordinaryV types of mittens. It will likewise be evident that by forming the flaps 6 andV turning them back to constitute protuberances or roughening elements, ventilating openings are provided in the palm section and thumb stall of the mitten so as to provide for thorough ventilation of the interior of the mitten and prevent overheating of the hand to which it is applied and likewise alleviating perspiration and irritation incident thereto.

In order to further provide for ventilation and particularly for the back of the hand, the back section l of the mitten is formed with a number of Ventilating openings indicated by the numeral 13, these openings being located and distributed in any manner found desirable and being likewise of any desired number.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A husking mitten having roughening protuberances comprising flap portions cut out from the materia-l constituting the working side of the mitten and integrally connected therewith and folded back upon the outer face of the said side, and means securing the said flap portions in their folded back position.

2. A husking mitten having roughening protuberances comprising flap portions cut out from the material constituting the working side of the mitten and integrally connected therewith and 'folded back upon the outer face ofthe said side in the direction of the wrist end of the mitten, thereby providing Ventilating openings and means securing the flap portions in their folded back posi-1 tion. l

3. A. huskingmitten having roughening protuberances comprising iiap portions cut out from the material constituting the working side of the mitten and integrally connected therewith and folded back upon the outer face of the said side and distributed over the surface thereof, and rivets secured through the said side of the mitten and through the said flap portions and securing the said flap portions in their folded back position and at their outer ends constituting protecting and roughening means for the said flap portions. I

4l. A husking mitten having roughening protuberances comprising flap portions cut out from the material constituting the working side of the mitten and integrally connected therewith and folded backupon the outer face Aof the said side and distributed over the surface thereof, and rivets secured through the said side of the mitten and through the said liap portions and securing the said flap 'portions in their lfolded back position and at their outer ends constituting protecting and roughening means for the saidiiap portions, the inner ends of the rivet shanks having smooth flap heads yengaging the inner surface of the said side of the mitten. Y

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HIRAM FRITZEN. [1.. 5.] 

